mapman
Responses from mapman
| Listener fatigue: what does it really mean? "Possible sources could start with the quality of input materials (e.g. CDs or LPs)"I used to think this was more of a factor in the past than I do these days. I really think system related issues are a much bigger factor, though I know a lot of p... | |
| Is there a perfect speaker? "Even if there were a perfect speaker and it was connected to a perfect chain of perfect components, it would still be compromised by your room."Not to mention our ears.Young ones hear well but are less well trained and older ones the opposite. | |
| Listener fatigue: what does it really mean? "When you get to 3-4 hrs of listening still feeling good, stop spending money."That's pretty good advice! | |
| Listener fatigue: what does it really mean? "It means its time to upgrade."Good one!But upgrade implies better or more expensive accordingly. Maybe practically its simply just time to fix things. It may cost more or less in the end than what you started with. Practically, spending more is p... | |
| Is there a perfect speaker? Nothing is perfect. So neither are speakers.Practically, the sound coming from a speaker might be said to be "perfect" when the listener thoroughly enjoys what they hear without reservations. After, all the speakers job is to deliver pure musical ... | |
| Recommendation on soft dome bookshelfs under $1K Johnny,Gotta agree the Aon3 looks like a pretty refined big hitter at its price. Will be seeking out an audition of those sometime soon. | |
| Machina Dynamica Look, the Cosmonium did make Dr. Smith's stone monument/statue he made of himself come to life! Then it wanted more to stay alive! Gotta love Irwin Allen!Oh the pain, the pain!!!! | |
| Machina Dynamica Maybe Coconut is Geoff's high-rent alter ego? One sale there = many MD sales. | |
| Audiogon "RECORDINGS TO DIE FOR" list Jeff beck's rock and roll party for les paul. | |
| Machina Dynamica Dr. Smith found some brilliant pebbles of sorts on lost in space once. I think t was called cosmonium. Turned out he was scammed. | |
| Recommendation on soft dome bookshelfs under $1K I live right up the street from Goldenear. My first speakers ever a pair of Lafayette Criterions had heil AMT tweeters. Would love to hear those these days off of a decent rig. Might have to give these a listen locally. | |
| Audiogon "RECORDINGS TO DIE FOR" list Handel organ concertos by richard egarr on harmonia mundi label | |
| D-SONIC SOA Class-D Core Amps. The best Class-D ? Pro audio would seem like a very practical application for class d amps. Efficiency is usually paramount there. If it works well and sounds good, then that js the main requirement for home audio. The proof or not would be in the listening. | |
| Vienna Acoustics Kiss vs. Dynaudio Contour S3.4 ICs might be a less expensive and more practical way to tackle brightness issues, depending. My Dynaudios can sound similarly hot/bright off some ICS and much more laid back on others. I'd recommend any MIT terminator series IC used as a reasonabl... | |
| Improving sound quality of streaming setup SB without re-clocker + external DAC to tweak the sound as needed ain't too shabby even IMHO. I listen to this setup all the time and am hard pressed to say I am missing anything. AEs reclocker is probably better technically regarding jitter, but ... |